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On January 14 the journey was continued westward up an arm of 
the lake for 5 miles. There a valley on the south side was entered, as it 
appeared to offer a route to Nettilling fiord. The lake continues beyond 
this point for 3 or 4 miles as a narrow bay surrounded by high hills. After 
a half mile gentle ascent a small lake trending southeast was reached. 
From this a valley was followed a few hundred yards to a small, narrow 
lake running east and west. From the south side of this a narrow stream 
was followed a few hundred yards to a pond running southwest. A tributary 
to this w T as traversed a short distance southwest to a larger lake with a 
diameter of about a mile. The rise along the short streams was very 
little. 
From the south side of the last-mentioned lake a stream 150 yards 
long and rising 25 feet was followed to a narrow lake a mile long and extend- 
ing to the south. The snow here was deep and soft. At the south end 
of the lake, a valley rising steeply for 50 or 60 feet was followed south to 
a small lake of irregular outline. The western shore was followed to 
and into a westward projecting bay. From the end of the bay a steep 
hillside was ascended, and next a shallow valley and an easy upward slope 
were followed to a height of land with an approximate elevation of 600 
feet above sea-level. The hills around rose only 40 or 50 feet. 
From the height of land a declivity half a mile long and falling about 
300 feet leads to a narrow lake miles long and running east and west. 
From the east end the river draining the lake was followed for half a 
mile through a narrow valley with steep walls. The river in this distance 
falls about 150 feet, mostly in one sudden drop. The river ends in a small 
lake with two arms extending, respectively, to the southeast and to the 
west. The west arm was followed a short distance and camp made there. 
On January 15 finding no feasible exit from the west arm, the lake 
was recrossed and the southeast arm followed to where a stream came in 
from the south. This was followed to a small lake which was crossed to 
a low valley leading south. After travelling along this valley for a distance 
of one mile, a very small stream was encountered and this was followed 
down to a wide bay on Nettilling fiord. The northeast shore was followed 
to the entrance of the bay and from there east along the coast. Camp 
was made about a mile from Kognung tide-hole. On January 16 the 
Eskimo hunted for seals at the tide-hole but secured only one. 
On January 17 camp was moved to the tide-hole and a large snow 
house was built for use while securing the ton of seal meat needed for dog 
food on the trip across the interior. Nine days were spent securing the 
dog food. Seals were scarce and it was necessary to hunt all the tide-holes 
for 15 miles eastward. 
On January 25 the journey was resumed and Nettilling fiord was 
followed westward, facing a strong wind at 32 degrees below zero. Atti- 
tukdjuan lake was reached in the evening. 
On January 26 the temperature was 41 degrees below zero. A strong 
wind blew from the west. Nettilling lake was reached in the afternoon, 
January 27 was spent in a fruitless endeavour to locate the snow- 
buried cache of collections left the previous autumn. 
On January 28 one Eskimo and his team turned back east. The rest 
of the party started west across Nettilling lake. Following a bearing of 
290 degrees (astronomic) and after passing through a maze of islands, an 
open part of the lake was entered. From there a northwest course was 
